Advertising and demonstrating novelty



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Patented Nov. 25, 1924..

HARRY rank, or PORTLAND, onneon.

\ ADVERTISING AND DEMONSTRATING NOVELTY.

Application iled December 27, 192D. Serial No. 433,337.

city of Portland, county of Multnomah, and

State of Oregon, have inventedcertain new and useful` improvements in Advertising and Demonstrating Novelties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to new and novel advertising and demonstrating mechanism adapted to operate automatically and to actuate some article to be demonstrated and to manipulate cards or other advertising articles in connection therewith.

My invention is preferably embodied in a figure representative of a human being, with actuating mechanism therein for operating the article to be demonstrated and for also manipulating the cards or other articles, thus attracting attention to 'the exhibit which looks and acts as a human being performing the work.

The mechanism for manipulating or changing the advertising cards may be similar to that shown in my United States Patent No. 1,279,142, issued to me September 17, 1918, for advertising novelty.

In order to fully describe my invention, lf have illustrated the same as a representation of a woman operating back and forth a carpet sweeper with one hand, and with the other hand changing the advertising cards on which are statements about the article demonstrated.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention as thus embodied;

Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the form, with parts broken away in order to show the mechanical arrangement and connections;

Figure 3 is an interior view of the actu ating mechanism; and i Figure 4 is a detail View of a form of valve for controlling the supply of matter to be discharged in position to be picked up by the sweeper.

Referring more in d-etail to the drawings, Figs. 1 and 2, a main body frame, 1, 1, has mounted therein a motor, 2, which drives a pulley, 3, by mea-ns of a belt, 4,-, said pulley being mounted on a shaft 5. Mounted on said shaft 5, is a. pinion 6, 'which meshes with and drives a gear, 7, on a shaft 8, on which shaft is also a pinion 9, which meshes with and drives a large gear, 10, provided with a crank pin 11, to which isattached a crank 12, as clearly indicated in F ig. 3.

0n the upper end of said body frame, in

two bearing brackets, 13 and 111, are two shafts, 15 and 16, the shaft 15 being in two 60 sections, one section 15 being journaled at its inner end inthe end of the other section, asat 15a, clearly indicated in Fig. 3. On the shaft k16 is mounted a` crank arm 17,

while on the shaft section 15 is mounted a 65 crank arm 18, and on the shaft section 15 is mounted a crank arm 19.y Mounted in the upper frame members, 20, 20, is a vertical shaft, 21, on which is a crank arm, 22,0011- nected with the crank arm 19, by means of a link 23. 0n said vertical shaft 21 is mounted a head, 2li, to turn with said shaft.

A. long link f25 connects the crank 12 with the crank arm 18, on the shaft section 15,

`while a tubular member 26, connects with the crank pin 11, on the gear 10, and is connected at its upper end, by means of a telescoping rod and screw, 27, with crank arm 17, as clearly indicated in Figs.r 2 and 3.

On the screw rod 27, is a nut, 28, adapted to be engagedl by the upper end of the tubular member 26 on its upward movement. Mounted on the tubular member' is a pivoted latch member or dog, 29, the lower end of which moves through an opening in the tubu- @5 lar member, as shown in Fig. 2, and engages a notch or shoulder, 30, on the inner rod, 27,

ywhereby said tubular member 26 and said rod 27 ar-e moved downwardly together until said latch 29 engages a trip rod, 31, across 90 the body frame 1, 1, which moves it out of the -notch and allows said tubular member l and latch to move downwardly over the rod 27, until the latch again engages with the rod, 27, in a second notch or shoulder, 32,

a short distance below.

Attention is called to the fact that the two notches 8O and 32 in the side of the inner rod 27, are not straight notches but that the upper side of each istapered so that the end of the latch 29 can'only move the rod downwardly. When the latch 29 trips on the rod 81, the sleeve 26 and the latch move downwardly over the rod, the rod and arm 17 standing still for a moment, `and 105 when the latch reaches the notch or shoulder 32, it operates to move the rod on down, mov- 1 ing the arm again, and as the gear 10 turns, the tube 26 moves upwardly until it engages the nut 28, and thus lifts the rodand arm 17 up. "The arm 17 isstopped until thel latch reaches notch 30 again, whereupon it kis moved a short distance and stopped when the latch is again tripped`v on rod 31,"a`s'before.

This lost motion `'is'for' the purpose 'of laroundwith the crankpin 11, Vas indicated by" the circular' arrows in Fig. 2. As the rgear Y10l continues to turn and the crank pin 'll' comesfup on the other side of the gear ,axis ,ithe tubular member willriseon the rod 27 -until itengages the nut- 28, whereupon the crank arm 17 will be moved upfgwardlyagain and thus move the arm of the fiigure. AThe latch 29 will operate to engage with'gthe notch 30 on' the neXtdownward kimove,;as before. Mounted on the outer end ofthe shaft section 15,fis-an arm, 33, and on theouter 'end of the section 15 Yis an arm 34. The shaft "16j is provided with a gear 35, which meshes with agear 37, 0n the shaft 15. Thus as the motor 2, through the -connections described, drivesgthe gear 10, it operates, through the `connections'25 and 26, -to the crank arms and 18,;toj'oscill'ate the shafts: 1G and 1 5 aiidthe -ar'in 33 and' through the gears '35 laiidtr',betlwe'enthe shaft 16 and the shaft E n'ectons being'rsuchitl'iatthe arm 33, operat- -the other armf34, -asV aprigidhlever, 'moves -wlitlithefgeai'vilheel 10. The arm 34 also'has arshorter. movement G Onnfecte d'with'-` the arm is a sweeper charged, a little at: atiine, Aon the-f1o0r in -5l`rorito fthe sweeper. 1A discharge pipe, 44, fis irterfdedfdown to va position infront of the f. sweeperyaslindicated,-the outer end thereof `flieingfsupportedlonY a'. small standard `45. "-A'* -jfv'alveniechanism ismoun'ted at the bottom ,f 'of4f thefreeeptacle, :'48, to control the disfcharge ofthe Inatterl therefrom. This valve- 'f mechanism is shown in Fig. 4, and comprises a double construction, a movable platef46,

- withfturned'down ears, 46,'46, and amovr able/'plate 47 with ahandle 47.

Bothl are I' jpivoted, las at 48, and areprovided with -\"the"base plate; 49,'registers` with the outlet from the container 43, as will be understood. A spring 50, operates to normally hold the plate"memhers 46 and 47 drawn tothe positions indicated in fulll lines, with the openings out of register. The handle 47 is connectedf bymeans of a link, 51, with a lever,

52, which is extended up to a position to be engaged 'by"'tlie""a'rm 34, as it moves back and forth, thus pulling the plates 46 and 47 in the direction indicated by the dotted line, until the openings register to permit the, discharge. AS1- the handle 52 `movesvnnder thetension of thespring 50, vthe plates 46y and'47 move to the positions indicated in full lines. vThe"first movement of the plate 47 'brings its opening 47n into register with the opening 46 in the plate 46, and from this point the plate'y 46 moves with the plate 47. The continued movementl brings these two registering openings 46? and'47 into register with the opening 49, thus opening the discharge from the receptacle 43 to the pipe 44, which is positioned to discharge the lsmallquantity of sand or flour on the Hoor infront of the sweeper.

Ajhose 53 extends from the body' ofthek sweeper, through the dust bag, and discharges back into the receptacle 43, as at 54, clearly indicated in Fig. 1. Thus the matter picked up from the licor byy thesweeper is automatically discharged back into the receptacle 48 for reuse.

Mounted on the standard 42, isA a display rack, 55,'within which are display cards, 5G, Vadapted to'be interchanged with each other as the arin'34of the figure is moved out sec t1ion=15, to oscillatefthefarm '34, -thecon-y and in,foperated by the .mechanismjhereinbeforedescribed. On the handv ofthe arm 34,-isi a projection-34, positioned to engage they :Verticallever 52 for" "the purpose otin- -termitte'ntly operating said handle and the valve mfechaiiisin;vr shown 'in Eig.` 4to make the, discharge tof the matterto be picked'np byl the; sweeper.

Thus I have provided a representation of ah-uman ligure, equipped withlinechanisin for.'automatically v"operating a sweeperV or otherdevice to'be demonstrated, and also for automatically l manipulating display lmatter about the article being demonstrated, thus 1^mak-ing a most attractiveandV interesting,

demonstrating display, with afgood;v representation of life, and while Ifhave t'shown but one embodiment 4of T invention, I yam aware that ity canbe embodied in `.otherwvays without departing fromthe spirit thereof,

Y and I do not limit the invention'hereto, ex-

cept as I maybe limited bythe .heretorappended claims.

1. vIn a'device ofthe characterfreferred to, a twopart shaft having arms at its 'outer ends, a crank armon each part ofwsaid shaft,inotor'means with operative connections to said crank arms for-oscillating the same, and means interposed in said connections for intermittently moving said crank arms during the continuous operation of said motor driven means, and the representation of a human ligure enclosing said mechanism and the arms of Which are the arms on the outer ends of said shaft.

2. In a device of the character illustrated, in combination, the representation of a human ligure having movable arm members, a motor driven mechanism in said figure, a plurality of shafts, crank arms on said shafts for oscillating said shafts, the arms of said figure being connected, respectively, to the ends of said shafts, connecting rods from said motor driven mechanism to said crank arms, said connections being adapted to cause a different movement of said arms relative to each other, a mechanism toy be demonstrated by an oscillating movementthereof, said mechanism being connected to one of said arms, display elements adapted to be moved by the other of said arms, and connections for moving said display elements, and means in the connections from the motor driven mechanism for causing an intermittent movement of said arms during the continuous operation of said mechanism.

3. ln a mechanism of the character represented, in combination, the representation of a human ligure having arms and head movable, motor driven mechanism Within said figure, operating connections from said motor driven mechanism for intermittently moving said arms and said head during the continuous operation of said mechanism, a mechanism to be demonstrated by an oscillating movement thereof, said mechanism being connected to one of said arms to be moved intermittently thereby, display elements to be moved into and out ofdisplay position, means operated by the other of said arms for shifting said display elements, and operating connections fronran intermittently moved part for intermittently moving said head, substantially as described.

4. In a mechanism as illustrated, a representation of a human figure, shafts therein connected with the arms of said figure for moving the same, crank arms on said shafts, motor driven mechanism to be continuously driven, connections from said mechanism to said crank arms said connections being adapted to intermittently operate said crank arms and said shafts during the continuous operationof said motor driven mechanism, a sweeper connected With one of said arms to be intermittently moved back and forth, display elements adapted to be shifted to and from display position by said other arm, With connections for engaging and moving the same, and means intermittently actuated by said arm for discharging matter to be picked up by said sweeper, substantially as described.

Signed at Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, this 14th day of December, 1920.

HARRY PARK. In presence of- Roscoe G. ASHLEY, M. A. M. ASHLEY. 

